回國

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	country; state; nation
trad. (回國)		回	國
simp. (回国)		回	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huíguó

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ gwok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hôe-kok / hê-kok
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶we-koq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huíguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huéiguó
  - Wade–Giles: hui²-kuo²
  - Yale: hwéi-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hweigwo
  - Palladius: хуэйго (xuejgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wui⁴ gwok³
  - Yale: wùih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ kʷɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hôe-kok
  - Tâi-lô: huê-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoe'kog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue²³⁻³³ kɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hê-kok
  - Tâi-lô: hê-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: he'kog
  - IPA (Taipei): /he²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔk̚³²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we-koq
  - MiniDict: we^去 koh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhue-koq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦue²² koʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

回⫽國 (verb-object) (intransitive)

to return to one's home country

Synonyms

(formal) 歸國／归国 (guīguó)

Antonyms

出國／出国 (chūguó)
(Hakka) 出外洋

Further reading

“回國”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
回	國

Noun

回國

chữ Hán form of Hồi quốc (“sultanate”)

Proper noun

回國

chữ Hán form of Hồi Quốc (“Pakistan”)